Cattle-marking tool



PATBNTED JAN. 5, 1904.

' A. JONES. CATTLE MARKING TOOL. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 14. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES: Q 73 Patented January 5, 1904. l

PATENT ()FFICE.

HERBERT A. JONES, OF HIMRODS, NEW YORK.

CATTLE-MARKING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,613, dated January904- Applioation filed April 14, 1903. Serial No. 152,530. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT A. JONES, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Himrods, in the county of Yates and State of NewYork,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cattle-MarkingTools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cattle-marking tool, and has for it objectto provide a simple handy tool for indelibly marking the bodies ofcattle with figures, letters, or other marks of identification.

The peculiar advantages and novel features of the tool will behereinafter pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of the tool. Fig. 2 is aside elevation. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. 4 is a crosssection onthe lines 4 4. of Fig. 1.

It is often desirable and convenient for purposes of registration and inother cases where means of identification are important to stamp ortattoo cattle and other animals upon the inside of the ear,where suchmarking can be made and will show. This is accomplished by me by a toolin the nature of a pair of pliers provided with a lever carrying attheir jaws means for adjustably holding typeblocks or dies andinking-ribbon upon rollers.

The pliers are represented in the drawings as comprising the arms A Apivoted together at their ends, as at A and normally held apart by thespring A. Plates B B are attached on .each side of one of the arms A asby screws b. The other arm A is free to move up and down between thesaid plates B. A lever O is pivoted between said plates 3, as by thescrew 1), so that when the lower cam-shaped end 0" of said lever O isforced down upon said arm A by elevating the lever C, the jaws of thearms A A are closed. When pressure is removed from the lever C, thespring A opens them.

The upper arm A carries a platen D, which is represented as fastened'tosaid arm by a transverse slot in its upper side which receives the endof said arm and a threaded bolt 0., that passes through saidarm and intosaid platen. A rubber block d may be introduced into said groove in saidplaten D beneath the arm A, so that said platen may be firmly attachedto said arm by the bolt a, and

yet a certain amount of adjustment is possible by compressing saidrubber block.

The lower arm A of the pliers carries the type-supporting block E,'whichis secured to the end of said arm A in a manner similar to thatdescribed above with reference to the platen Dthat is to say, the end ofthe said arm A lies in a transverse slot in said block E and is securedtherein by a screw-bolt 'e. A case F, that holds the ink-rollers G andG, is also supported upon the end of the arm A by means of said bolt 6.A rubber block H is introduced between the case F and the type-block Ein order to secure a firm connection between the end of said arm A andsaid block E and at the same time permit adjustment of said parts in themannerin which the platen may be adjusted upon the other arm A. Anyother compressible material may be used for the blocks (1 and H. Thetype-block E is adapted to receive and retain the die. The drawingsrepresent the block E as having undercut edges e, that are adaptedtoengage a similarly-shaped typeplate I, and the bolt e is adapted to locksaid type-plate I by engaging its under su rface, as shown in Fig. 4.The rollers G and G are represented as mounted upon axes g g,respeotively, that pass transversely through said frame F on either sideof the arms of the pliers. Knobs g and g are attached, respectively, tothe ends of said axes, by which the rolls can be turned to wind theribbon I upon one of said rolls from the other. The ribbon 1 passes fromone roll up over the type-plate I and down to the other roll. The ribbonis saturated or coated with a suitable ink for indelibly marking hidesand is moved along the top plate I as often as a fresh piece of ribbonis required. This affords a very handy and efiective means of keepingthe type well inked for use at all times. The inked ribbon can bereadily and quickly re placed by a fresh rollby unscrewing the knobs G2G and then withdrawing the axes g g, having first removed thecasing F bytaking out the screw-bolt e. The long leverage obtained by pivoting thearms at these extremities, the means shown and described above foradjustably securing the platen and typeblock to the arms A Arespectively, and the use of'a cam for bringing the said arms togetherproduce a tool with which a deep impression can be made with theapplication of slight force and also an impression that will be uniformthroughout the entire type-plate.

Other means besides the lever C may be employed for turning the cam Ofor the purpose of closing the jaws of the pliers.

By adjusting the platen D upon the arm A and the type-blockE upon thearm A the pliers can be set so that they will make a depression of theproper depth every time that the cam C is rotated to its full depthwhatever force may be applied to the lever O or other means that areemployed to actuate the cam.

What I claim is- 1. In a cattle-marking tool the combination with twoarms pivotally connected together, of a platen; means for yieldinglyattaching said platen to one of said arms; a die upon the other arm,said platen and die being adapted to engage with each other when theends of said arms are close together; means for vertically adjustingsaid platen and said die upon said arm, respectively; means for closingthe ends of said arms; and a spring tending normally to separate saidarms.

2. In acattle-marking tool the combination with two arms pivotallyconnected together, of a platen; means for yieldingly attaching saidplaten to one of said arms; a die; means for yieldingly supporting saiddie upon the other of said arms; means whereby said arms are caused toapproach within a fixed distance of each other; and means for adjustingeither the platen or die upon its support with reference to the othersaid part.

3. In a cattle-marking tool the combination with two arms pivotallyconnected together at one end, of the platen D upon the free end of oneof said arms; the adjustable bolt d; a compressible block between saidarm and said platen; and a die upon the opposite arm, substantially asshown and described.

4. In a cattle-marking tool the combination with two arms pivotallyconnected together at one end, of the die-block E upon one of said arms;the adjustable bolt 6; acompressible block between said arm and saiddie; and a platen upon the other said arm; substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. In a cattle-marking tool the combination with two arms pivotallyconnected together at one end, of the platen D upon the end of one ofsaid arms; the adjustable bolt d; a compressible block between said armand said platen; the die-block E upon the opposite arm; the adjustablebolt e; and a compressible block between said arm and said die-block,substantially as shown and described.

6. In a cattle-marking tool the combination with two arms pivotallyconnected together, of means for closing the free ends of said arms; aplaten upon the end of one of said arms; adie-supporting block upon theend of the other of said arms; the casing F; the axes g g supportedwithin said casing; the inking-rolls GG upon said axes; and means fortransferring the ribbon from one roll to the other across the die,substantially as shown and described.

HERBERT A. JONES.

Witnesses:

,OARMIN J. HEUSON, SPENCER LINCOLN.

